"Who allowed you to come in?" As soon as she regained some of her strength, Anuza's sister immediately sat up and looked at us warily. She scurried to the corner of the room as if the person in front of her was not her savior but a suspect who had trespassed and was about to do something to her. Most of us are girls, okay? Is there a need to be so nervous?
"What kind of reaction is that?" Miss Lin smacked her lips. "We just saved you. Why aren't you thanking us? "
"Did you all see that?" The other party seemed to have turned a deaf ear to Miss Lin's words. She was completely immersed in her own emotions. She slowly stood up. Even though her limbs were still trembling, she still got into a fighting stance. Yep, I felt like she was getting ready for a fight.
Inadvertently, I noticed something. From the beginning until now, the girl's every movement seemed to be carefully avoiding the pale golden light that shone through the gap in the window. Now, she had completely placed herself in the shadows of the room. This could just be her vigilance against the 'enemy'. She wanted to use the shadows to protect herself, but it could also be … that she was avoiding the light from the Merlova spaceship in the sky.
"I saw it." Shallow Shallow probably didn't notice anything. She waved her hand casually. "You just had a stomachache and rolled on the floor. Well, it is indeed quite embarrassing for a girl to be seen like that. But it's nothing. When I was young, I often had stomachaches and Ah Jun would roll with me every time … Oh, no wonder you only ate a little just now. So you have a stomach ulcer? Wait a moment, I have medicine with me. Even though it has been there for four years … Ah Jun, how long do you think the expiration date of the Weishu Kang is? "
Sandora looked at Shallow Shallow blankly and then at me. Her tone sounded like a storm was brewing. "… Hurry up and coax your precious baby. Make her stop talking. It's not easy for the atmosphere to be a little more serious …"
Anuza's sister looked at us in confusion. The interference that Sandora had used on her seemed to have weakened temporarily. Hence, Shallow Shallow's messy speech and association had completely confused the girl. But soon, she shook her head and clenched her fists. "I am talking about the neurotoxin backlash. Did you all see it? If you saw it, then I am sorry … Although it is a pity … "
"Stop!" We were stunned. Sandora interrupted him decisively, "You mentioned the nerve agent backlash syndrome earlier … This term is impossible for a civilization of your level to come up with. You know about the nerve agent in our food every day?! "
The girl's expression finally changed. She looked at us in disbelief. "You know about the nerve agent too? Didn't you guys … wait, didn't you guys drink those things according to the dosage? Especially this one (she points to Shadora), who has drunk a twelve-man dose of poison! Logically speaking, he should be doing nothing but drooling right now. "
I thought about it and suddenly realized that Sandora often drooled, but that didn't seem to have anything to do with intelligence …
Sandora secretly gave me a kick. She knew what I was thinking. Then, she smiled faintly at the wary girl in front of her. "It seems that we have a misunderstanding. You are a person who is out of 'control'. Relax, the thing in the sky will probably be showing off for a long time. We have plenty of time to be honest with each other. Now, sit down and tell us about the nerve agent. Where did you get it, why did you mix it in our food every day, and … who do you think we are? "
Anuza's sister slowly sat down on the chair, but she still hid in a corner far away from the window. She tried not to let any part of her body come into contact with the golden glow that shone through the window. She looked at us with confusion, wariness, and unease. She didn't know how to answer Sandora's questions. Or rather, she didn't know if she should answer. From the moment Sandora mentioned the sophisticated term 'nerve agent backlash syndrome', I realized that the girl in front of me was very different from the ignorant villagers in the Middle Ages. She knew a lot of things, and she probably knew about the 'God' in the sky.
But she was too vigilant. Even though we had just saved her, we behaved in a completely different way from the villagers who were under control. She also kept her mouth shut. I realized that if I wanted to get her to talk, the first step was to win her trust. Sandora's mind interference could only deflect a person's senses, but it couldn't be used to make a vigilant person open their mouth to tell the truth. Maybe …
It was time for me, the great Chief of the Office of Educational Deception, Liliana, to take the stage.
Noticing my meaningful glance, Lina cleared her throat. "Cough cough, this lost lamb … I made a mistake. Sorry, sorry, it's an occupational hazard. I mean, sister, it's fine if you don't trust strangers. Let's start by getting to know each other, then figure out how much we can talk about. Now, you have to tell me your name, right? It's been so long, but you haven't introduced yourself yet. "
It wasn't an unreasonable request. The girl in front of me hesitated for a moment, then clasped her hands together and said in a low voice, "Anulili."
Anulili. This was a surprisingly nice name, although the pronunciation was a little strange. Liliana nodded. "Mm, Sister Anulili, I'm sure you already know our names, so I won't waste any more time. It seems that you know that there's a nerve agent in the food you eat every day. In fact … we already know, but we just don't know what's going on. "
The other party raised her head and looked at Liliana in surprise.
"Do you think we're the same as the villagers outside who are being controlled?" Liliana spun around, then suddenly pointed at the "God's Star" outside the window. "You idiot!"
Everyone was dumbfounded, and Anulili almost slid off her chair.
Liliana nodded in satisfaction. "See, we're not being controlled, and I can still scold people for fun! Because we're naturally resistant. "
"Resistant?" Anulili looked at Liliana suspiciously, and the latter nodded hard. "We're all from the same family, and it seems that we're naturally resistant to the nerve agent you're talking about. When we were young, we realized that we were different from the people around us. The people around us talked about God every day, but we didn't feel anything at all. Later, my brother, who was loved by everyone and had a halo of righteousness all his life, felt that he might run into trouble if he continued like this. He thought that he would be regarded as a heretic, and that he would be hung on a pile of firewood and roasted with cumin flour. So, he took our family and ran away. That's why we traveled everywhere. We never stayed in one place for too long, and we spent most of our time in the wilderness, so that we wouldn't have to interact with the people who were being controlled. We were going to leave here tonight, but we didn't expect that there would be people who weren't being controlled. Sister, how did you do it? Do you have a drug resistance too? "
I was dumbfounded as I listened. Look at her ability to make up a story on the spot! Liliana dared to develop hundreds of millions of believers in four years, and that wasn't just bragging … Umm, in a sense, she was bragging. This girl was too good at bragging!
Anulili looked at Liliana, weighing whether or not she should believe these people in front of her, who were still strangers. But I guessed that she had no reason to doubt them now. After all, the difference between us and the controlled villagers was quite obvious, and Liliana's "You idiot" was still lingering in her ears. The impact of those four words was probably greater than anything else. Her biggest confusion right now was probably the few words that Liliana almost blurted out. I reckon that a person from another world wouldn't be able to understand the word "stick" that was sprinkled with cumin flour and roasted in a circle on a pile of firewood. In my memory, the custom of braising pagan meat didn't seem to be common in every world …
"They are controlling us," Anulili finally spoke. "They are using drugs, genetic modification, brainwashing, and a powerful energy field that covers the entire planet … I don't have a drug resistance, or else I wouldn't have ended up in such an embarrassing state."
"They …" Miss Lin pointed to the sky. "You mean the people on that 'star'?"
"Who else?" Anulili hugged her legs and curled up on the chair. "They are distributing drugs all over the world. Everyone's first mouthful of food from birth is a nerve agent melted in their milk. They will appear periodically and use the light of the Star of God and the energy field to strengthen the effects of the drug on our nerves. They will also screen out and mark out the 'hidden elements' who haven't taken enough of the drug. They come to the surface and accept worship as saints. Then, they take many of us away … Those who are taken away have never returned … Everything that you have experienced since you were young is a scam. You are so lucky to have escaped before the saints discovered you and your own people reported you. Otherwise, you would have been taken away and sent to the Holy Kingdom. Then, no one would know what happened there. "
Anulili seemed to have suppressed all of this for too long that she couldn't stop once she opened her mouth. She said more things at once than we expected. Now, we could finally be completely sure that the nerve agent mixed in the soup at dinner was released by the Merovans to the local natives. Of course, they may have also released other materials, such as the chemical products used as fuel here. The latter probably helped them increase the gratitude of the local natives to the "Merovans".
The combination of the nerve agent and brainwashing technology turned the people on the entire planet into something like puppets, but in a state of free will — although their motives for doing so were still unknown. In any case, I felt that this series of actions was quite stupid. Because apart from being self-satisfied, I really didn't see any value in brainwashing a bunch of natives to this extent.
But soon, I had a new question: What was up with the high-tech words that kept popping out of Anulili's mouth?
Could it be that the natives who had broken free from their brainwashing state … could actually come into contact with these things that seemed to have nothing to do with the world they lived in? Where did she learn these words?!
Anulili vigilantly shut her mouth in response to my question.
"It's not convenient to say?" Miss Lin looked at Anulili. "We just felt that some of the words you said were strange. We want to know what they mean and how you know these things."
"Anyway, I have my own channels. Perhaps you can come into contact with this channel, but …" Anulili shook her head. "But at least now isn't the time to talk about this. The time isn't ripe yet."
I glanced at Lin Xue. She nodded almost imperceptibly. It seemed that Miss Lin could already see some things, but she felt that there was no need for her to point it out. Perhaps the truth would soon come to light. There was a reason why I could get so much information from just a nod. No matter what, I had been with Yuki for more than four years, and with our telepathic connection, even if she sneezed, I could hear more than twenty syllables …
"You think we can't be trusted, right?" I showed an understanding expression to Anulili. "Then I'll ask something else. You can tell us what you know so that you can answer our questions. Anuza, your brother, I feel that he … How should I put it? Don't blame me for thinking too much. I feel that he's different from the ordinary villagers, but he's similar to us. Could it be …"
"There aren't many people who are naturally immune to nerve agents, but it's not just the few of you. Anuza … He probably can't completely resist those things, but he has a certain degree of resistance." Anulili wore a complicated expression on her face. At the same time, she glanced at Liliana. "This is also why I believe what you said. Because I really know that some people are naturally resistant to poison. And I also know that these people with natural antibodies will disappear very quickly once they are discovered. The reason that God gave was to bring the disappeared people to the Godly Kingdom to enjoy eternal life. I believe that you must have heard of something similar before you left your hometown. It's just that you didn't know about this before. "
"Bullsh * t," Miss Lin's comment was concise and comprehensive.
"Let's not talk about this first." Anulili sighed. "I have to protect Anuza. So, since young, I tried to teach him not to do things that are incompatible with the people around him. I made him act as if he had been modified by the nerve agent. I also made him eat the food with the nerve agent every day. Now, it seems like it worked. Although Anuza is sometimes too active, at least he has never doubted God in heaven. It's probably enough for him to live a peaceful life like this … "
Shallow Shallow sat on the edge of the bed and held her chin with her hands. Her eyes darted back and forth. Finally, she had a question of her own. "Since you know about the nerve agent, why did you still eat it?" She must have remembered that Anulili had also drunk the soup with the nerve agent during dinner. Although it was a small amount, she did take the medicine of her own accord. After a while, Shallow Shallow felt that she had found the answer. "Oh, I get it. It's to cover up. You can't resist the medicine, but you can't let others find out that you're out of control. So, you pretend to have stomach ulcers and only eat a little every time … Ah Jun, I can't use my Wei Shukang anymore."
"… …" So after such a long time, after thinking about it for so long, it's back to stomach health again?!
Anulili blinked. "Actually, I've always wanted to ask … What is Wei Shukang?"
I rolled my eyes at the sky. "It's a specialty from my hometown. It's used to cure people who eat barbecue with ice and dip chili in chili sauce."
"Oh …" Anulili was still confused. "It seems that this world is really big. Let's talk about the nerve agent. People like you who are completely immune to the nerve agent won't understand it. If a normal person doesn't take the nerve agent every day … they will die. "
As soon as Anulili said that, I suddenly remembered what Anuza had said. "… Without it, people will get sick …" So that was what he meant!
"All ordinary people have a dependence on nerve agents. This dependence is engraved in our genes. You might not understand this term, but it refers to the foundation of all human lives. In fact, each of us is a very small …" Wang Zhong's eyes widened in surprise.
"Err, you don't have to explain. We're not interested in that." I quickly waved my hand and rejected the idea of a rural girl from the middle ages explaining the rules of DNA coding to aliens. Anulili shook her head regretfully and sighed softly. "Yeah, not many people remember and are interested in this ancient knowledge."
I coughed awkwardly. "You're saying that if we don't take the medicine, we will be poisoned to death? Just like what happened to you just now. What's this called the nerve agent backlash syndrome? "
"That's just a mild symptom. Because I didn't take enough medicine, when the God's Star appeared, my nervous system would spasm under the special energy field of the God's Star. They claim that this is a natural act of repentance for people who are not devout enough under the divine light. But on normal days, not taking enough medicine will not cause serious consequences. But if we completely stop taking the medicine, the person will die of severe nerve necrosis or systemic malnutrition due to the disorder of the nervous system and the obstruction of nutrient circulation. "
I looked at Anulili and confirmed that she was really small. Maybe this was one of the consequences of reducing the intake of the nerve agent.
Now, there was only one question left. The nerve agent control system designed by the Merovans was watertight. Under normal circumstances, except for those who mutated and became completely resistant to the nerve agent, ordinary people would never voluntarily break away from the control or consciously reduce the amount of medicine they took. They were forced to take medicine from infancy and would never think of reducing the amount of medicine they took. So … how did Anulili break away from the control?
Were there people like Anulili who had broken away from the control in this world?
If there were, what was the reason for these people to break away from the control in the first place?
I looked at the slender girl hiding in the shadows. Now that the God's Star was about to disappear into the sky, the nervous expression on her face faded a little. She must have some answers to the last few questions that popped up in my mind, but I guessed that she wouldn't tell strangers. To her, we were still half strangers. With my identity as a 'drug resistant', the information that I could get from her was probably limited to what she had already said.
Sandora and I reached an agreement through our mental connection. To prevent Anulili from being even more vigilant, we shouldn't ask too many questions for now. We would wait until the next day when the intelligence from the other agents came back.
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